Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates

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1 Western Indian Ocean Regional Initiative in Marine Sciences and Education UDSM UEM UCT RISE Meeting 25 th 26 th October 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa 1

2 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Fialho Nehama (Ph.D.) ü Currently Deputy Director for Science and Outreach at the School of Marine and Coastal Sciences, at UEM ü Received an IFS Grant to the tune of US $ 12,000, which will allow him to conduct further inves(ga(on related to his Ph.D. research work Dynamics of the Zambezi River Plume the nearshore circula9on caused by river discharge and its effects on the ecosystem 2

3 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Fialho Nehama (Ph.D.) cont. ü APer aqending a training in South Africa, he was iden(fied as a trainer for his na(on (Mozambique), for the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management. He will be teaching courses on the theme to various stakeholders ü Co- inves(gator in the project, en(tled Oceanic and Atmospheric processes in the Mozambique Channel, JEAI- MOCAs: A Mul(- Ins(tu(onal Ini(a(ve to build research capacity in Mozambique. The project is funded by a French Agency - AIRD 3

4 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Charine Collins (Ph.D.) ü Charine will formally graduate in Dec. 2013, but she already passed well her thesis report. During her (me as a student, she has published two peer- reviewed ar(cles from her research work for Ph.D. ü AQended the 12 th CAS- TWAS Forum, an Interna(onal Workshop on Opera(onal Oceanography for developing Countries, in Beijing, China (Sept 2013) and presented two posters 4

5 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Charine Collins (Ph.D.) cont. ü During a workshop funded under NRF/ FIN SA/ Mozam Bilateral Project, Charine gave an excellent set of lectures and tutorials on Matlab to a group of INAM (Mozambique Meteorol. Serv) employees and some researchers from UEM (Department of Physics, working on Climate Sciences). ü Co- inves(gator in the project, en(tled Oceanic and Atmospheric processes in the Mozambique Channel, JEAI- MOCAs: A Mul(- Ins(tu(onal Ini(a(ve to build research capacity in Mozambique. The project is funded by a French Agency - 5 AIRD

6 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Joseph Jean Maurice Ravina (M.Sc.) ü He is currently working at the Mauri(us Research Council, as a Research Assistant. He is based at the Rodrigues Island. ü He has ini(ated an NGO Ter- Mer Rodrigues involving several young graduates and professionals in about 11 different fields of interests, in order to Cons(tute a strong team that can think about and work towards sustainable development. The NGO has the following objec(ves Ø To conduct mul(disciplinary research Ø To promote educa(on and awareness campaigns around the theme of sustainable development for the Island Ø To foster capacity building Ø To conduct projects aimed at promo(ng a Sustainable Rodrigues Island 6

7 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Joseph Jean Maurice Ravina (M.Sc.) cont. ü He was appointed as the Focal point for Coral Reef Management under the Indian Ocean Commission/ ISLANDS Project of the Rodrigues Regional Government. ü Here, he is involved in fostering best coral Reef Management prac(ces. Through this, he has par(cipated in a study tour in Queensland, Australia 7

8 Excep(onal Achievements by Graduates q Avelino Langa (M.Sc.) cont. ü APer gradua(on at the University of Dar- Es- Salaam, was appointed as the Head of Department of Marine Sciences at the Eduardo Mondlane University. 8

9 Unusual Collabora(ve Ac(vi(es: JEAI- MOCAs q JEAI- MOCAs: A mul(- ins(tu(onal ini(a(ve to build marine research capacity in Mozambique. About JEAI- MOCAs: o Developed by a Mozambican research group to focus on oceanic and atmospheric dynamics. o The JEAI- MOCAs group involves faculty and students from the WIORISE nodes of UEM and UCT, among others. o The Group relies on 15 years of collabora(on between the Dept. of oceanography at UCT and Marine and Coastal Management and the French Ins(tut de Recherche pour le Developmment. o Four Mozambican Ins(tu(ons are involved: Department of Physics at UEM, Escola Superior de Ciencias Marinhas e Costeiras at UEM, IIP and the Ins(tuto de Hidrografia e Navegacao (INAHINA). o JEAI- MOCAs is funded by a French Agency, Agence Inter- establissements de Recherche pour le Developpment (AIRD). 9

10 JEAI- MOCAs Composi(on v Primarily composed of nine Mozambican na(onals: q Three senior researchers with Ph.D. q One post- doctoral fellow q Three Ph.D. Students at UCT q Two MSc. Graduates at the Dept. of Oceanography at UCT v Two interna(onal Ph.D. students (one Bri(sh and one South African), based at UCT v JEAI- MOCAs has a supervision of seven interna(onal senior scien(sts (three South African and four French) q Supervisors specialize in physical oceanography, atmospheric sciences and marine ecosystems 10

11 JEIA- MOCAs Objec(ves q The JEAI- MOCAs programme was launched in Mozambique in May 2013 during an inaugural workshop. It deals with 3 scien(fic themes: 1. Impact of tropical cyclones on the ocean in the Mozambique Channel; 2. Effect of the mesoscale eddies of the Mozambique Channel on marine ecosystems; 3. Marine ecosystems along the Some members of the JEIA- MOCAs group at the launch of the programme at the Inhaca Marine Biological Centre of coasts of Mozambique. 11 the University of Eduardo Mondlane

12 JEIA- MOCAs Objec(ves v The ulcmate goal of JEAI- MOCAs is to create and strengthen the research capacity of a well- mocvated group of oceanographers and atmospheric sciencsts in Mozambique. Some members of the JEIA- MOCAs group at the launch of the programme at the Inhaca Marine Biological Centre of the University of Eduardo Mondlane 12

13 JEIA- MOCAs Implementa(on v Total budget for JEAI- MOCAs: USD 50,000 for the dura(on of three years ( ). v Funding in three phases, each year genng one third of the total amount funded. v Three Linux- based computers will be purchased and installed at three ins(tu(ons: UEM, IIP and INAHINA. v Interna(onal missions for the JEAI- MOCAs team every year of the programme involve: q Travelling of Mozambican researchers to SA and France for collabora(on and capacity building; q Travel of SAn and French researchers to Mozambique for monitoring of the achievements/performance of the programme. v Organisa(on of and par(cipa(on in summer/winter Schools as well as workshops and Symposia (one will run parallel to the WIOMSA Symposium in Maputo next week). 13

14 WIO-RISE contribution to capacity building at ESCMC-UEM Research facilities set by WIO-RISE supported: - undergraduate and post graduate students - a PhD student from Cambridge University - various research and technology innovative projects

15 Research onboard of Pluma

16 Waves and costal currents in Xai-Xai Beach

17 Innova(ve projects - Solar fridges

18 InnovaCve projects wind turbines

19 Innova(ve projects: Solar dessalinators

20 Innovative projects - Fishing gears A - 2,5 m x 2m x1,5m = 7,5 m3 C - 2,0 m x 1,5 m x 1,0m = 3,0 m3 B - Ensaio experimental D - Massificação das

21 InnovaCve projects aquaculture in cages

22 InnovaCve projects Fish processing

23 InnovaCve project s extension work fish quality studies in the markets

24 InnovaCve projects fish food produccon

25 Updates on graduates since last meecng v One PhD Ms Charine Collins (UCT) v Three MSc - Ms Nyamisi PETER (UDSM - IMS). Mr Stefano Hanolo (UDSM - IMS) Mr Richard Clement (UDSM - IMS) Mr Sidonio Chamo (UEM) 25

26 Thank you 26